As I was reading the story today of David and Bathsheba and then later Ammon and Tamar, one word kept popping up in my head; hedonism. Hedonism is defined as; the pursuit of pleasure, sensual self-indulgence, the ethical theory that pleasure is the highest good in life and aim of human existence. Synonyms for hedonism are, self-indulgence, pleasure seeking, self-gratification. Man, hedonism sounds very bad. David in the moment he pursued Bathsheba was a hedonist and later his son Ammon followed in his footsteps when he raped his sister Tamar. Hedonism is something the world knows, pushes, and is very good at, just go look at how much money the porn industry made last year alone. Even Christians are hedonist many times throughout the day as they seek their own self-gratification at the expense of others and more importantly the expense of Jesus. But did you know David was a hedonist before he ever saw Bathsheba? Did you know us as Christians we are supposed to be hedonist in a sense also? David says in Psalms 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord”. See that, we are supposed to find pleasure in God. We are designed by God to find pleasure and pleasure in its highest good, in God. David loved God with all his heart. David was a man after the heart of God. David found his greatest pleasure and pursued that pleasure in God. We too as Christin’s are called to find pleasure and pursue that pleasure in God. Listen to how the Westminster Catechism starts, “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” See that, there is enjoying God, finding pleasure in God, pursuing that pleasure in God at all cost. Finding a self-satisfaction in God. The world takes finding pleasure in God and mutates it and says, find pleasure in self. Jesus dies so we can find the greatest pleasurable experience when we enjoy God. And when we enjoy God and are satisfied in Him, He gets the greatest glory in us.